ACCOUNTS, &C. OF BRITISH MUSEUM. 



VIII, — PROGRESS made In the Cataloguing and Arrangement of the Collections, 

 and Account of Objects added, in the Year endmg 25th December 1848. 



Secretary's Department. 



1. Nine hundred and thirty-one volumes of the Additional Manuscripts, namely, from 

 16,485 to 17,416, have been registered; and four hundred and three volumes have been 

 stamped. Three thousand two hundred and nine volumes of the Harleian Manuscripts ; 

 517 volumes of the Burney Manuscripts ; 80 volumes of the Egerton Manuscripts ; and 

 182 volumes of the Manuscripts of George III., have been stamped ; the number of separate 

 documents or leaves stamped amounting to 215,554. Three hundred and seventy-four of 

 the Additional Charters, namely, from 6,335 to 6,709, have been registered and stamped; and 

 419 Rolls belonging to the Harleian Collection have been stamped. 



2. Tlie printed Books registered and stamped amount to 26,075 volumes, or parts of 

 volumes ; the Maps to 138 ; the Newspapers to 550 volumes of different publications. 



3. One thousand one hundred and twenty-three specimens of Minerals and Fossils have 

 been registered, extending from No. 21,544 to 22,666. 



4. The Zoological specimens registered during the year amount to 14,040, namely, 4,178 

 specimens of Vertebrated and 4,929 of Invertebrated Animals, and 4,933 Insects. 



5. The Antiquities registered amount to 2,420 different objects, extending in date of acqui- 

 sition from 13th January 1847 to 2d November 1848 ; the Coins and Medals to 2,767, 

 extending from 4th March 1847 to 30th November 1848. 



6. The Prints and Drawings which have been marked and stamped amount to 5,545, of 

 which 3,012 have been entered in the register; exclusive of the foregoing, 19,200 pieces 

 belonging to the Banks Collections have been marked, and a register made of them. 



Department of Manuscripts. 



1. The List of Additions for the year 1845 has been completed, and printed off. 



2. The General Index to the Additional Manuscripts from the year 1782 to 1835 inclusive, 

 has been continued at press. The proof-sheets from L L to 4 Q have been received, and 

 the sheets from P to 4 E printed off. The Index is now accessible to the readers as far as 

 letter L inclusive. 



3. The Index to the Lists of Additions from 1840 to 1845, is in a forward state. 



4. A preparatory Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the Rich Collection, from 

 No. 7,600 to No. 7,829, has been placed in the Reading Room. 



5. Descriptions of above 330 Additional Manuscripts omitted in the published Donation 

 Lists of 1828-1831, have been printed, and included in the series of numbers laid down 

 for the use of the Reading Room, comprising the Additional MSS. from No. 6,666 to 

 No. 15,667, and Egerton MSS. from No. 1 to No. 1,139. 



6. The sheets L L — U U of the third volume of the Catalogue of Maps and Topographi- 

 cal Drawings are in type. 



7. The Additional Manuscripts have been arranged, entered and numbered from 

 No. 17,103 to No. 17,555, and stamped from No. 14,615 to No. 14,621 (Syriac), and from 

 No. 16,185 to No. 16,596, and 16,637 to 16,666 (Yule). 



8. The Syriac Manuscripts purchased in 1847 have been collected into 172 volumes, and 

 the fragments and loose leaves forming part of those obtained in 1839 and 1842 have 

 been inserted in the volumes to which they belong; 100 of the volumes have been collated 

 and arranged for the binder. 



9. The Additional Charters and Rolls have been numbered and marked from No. 6,339 to 

 No. 6,709, and stamped up to the same number. 



10. The Egerton Manuscripts have been arranged, entered and numbered from No. 1,149 

 to No. 1,165, and bound and stamped from No. 1,047 to No. 1,138. 



11. Every tract, document or separate paper has been stamped in 3,209 volumes of the 

 Harleian Collection, 530 of the Burney, and 403 of the Additional Manuscripts. 



12. Fifteen of the valuable Cottonian volumes on velhim, and six on paper, injured in the 

 fire of 1731, have been flattened, inlaid and bound. 



Four hundred and twelve Sloane, seventy-three Harleian, seven Cottonian, twenty-six 

 old Koyal, three Lansdowne, seventy-two Egerton, and eight hundred and seventy-three 

 Additional Manuscripts have been bound, repaired, lettered or placed in boxes. 



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